Bob, Plumb
- Object Name:
- Bob, Plumb
- Object ID:
- 2007.070.05
- Place of Origin:
- Chicago, IL
- Date:
- circa 1970
- Description:
- Plumb bob in leather case. Brass, narrow cone, with steel tip. White string attached to end. "DIETZGEN / 12" etched on side. Sewn leather case with tin rivets, retaining strap with tin snap. Belt slits. No markings on case.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass
Steel
Leather - Provenance:
- Surveying and drafting equipment owned and used by Asa H. Morgan (1904-1994) of Bow and Allenstown, NH. The son of Wallace and Ada Noyes Morgan, Asa graduated from Pembroke Academy in 1921 and attended the University of New Hampshire. He worked the family farm on Bow Bog Road in Bow, surveyed land, and delivered milk to H. P. Hood. He worked as a surveyor from 1950 to the early 1970s. His survey work included Interstate Route 93 in New Hampshire. Mr. Morgan served four years as a state representative, two years as a state senator, and twenty years as a county commissioner. He was a member of the Grange, IOOF, and 32nd degree Mason.
The donor, Rita M. Clough Morgan (1913-2011), was the wife of Asa Morgan. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Rita C. Morgan
- People:
- Morgan, Asa H. (1903-1994)
- Subjects:
- Surveying, Surveying equipment, Surveying instruments, Surveyors
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